Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 447 Who would engage in street fighting?

Yamamoto Ikki said: "Even if we let the 27th Brigade fight the Eighth Route Army in the streets of Heyuan County, we must order the 14th Division to leave Heyuan County."

Shinozuka Yoshio analyzed, "Right now, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army are everywhere outside Heyuan County. If the 14th Division leaves Heyuan County, they will only be destroyed faster. Lieutenant General Iseki's presence in Heyuan County can stabilize the morale of the troops. The morale of the 14th Division is probably in trouble. If Lieutenant General Iseki leaves at this time, I'm afraid the morale of the 14th Division will collapse directly."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mutaguchi Renya immediately said, "Your Excellency the General is wise!"

"The Eighth Route Army's New 1st Regiment is very powerful, but the Locust Army's regular division is not Ni Nie's!"

Shinozuka Yoshio slapped the conference table hard:

"Immediately send a telegram to Lieutenant General Jingguan. You can order the main force of the 28th Brigade to reinforce Heyuan County, but you must pay attention to the safety of the march and avoid being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army."

"Immediately send a telegram to the North China Front Army, requesting the main force of the 26th Division to reinforce Heyuan County immediately."

"Also, request the North China Front Air Corps to immediately dispatch transport planes and combat squadrons to reinforce Heyuan County and destroy the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery and tank units."

The sturdy conference table was shaken by Yoshio Shinozuka's slap, which shows how powerful the slap was.

Palm technique proficiency +1.

But the force is mutual, and because the force was too great, waves of piercing pain came from the palm of the hand.

"Hayi!"

Mutaguchi Ren'ya suddenly lowered his head, turned around and quickly drafted a telegram.

After drafting the telegram, he gave it to Yoshio Shinozuka for signature, and then Mutaguchi Renya handed the telegram to the telegraph room. With the ticking sound of the telegraph, messages were transmitted to distant places along the radio waves.

……

at the same time.

Fierce fighting is underway in Heyuan County.

It was more of a one-sided crushing than a fierce battle. The New 14st Regiment unilaterally crushed the Japanese th Division with artillery fire.

Four artillery battalions and two tank battalions plowed the city with repeated artillery fire at a rate of 1000 rounds per minute.

Li Yunlong stood on the top of the hill and looked at the watch on his wrist. The shelling had lasted for 35 minutes, which meant that 3 shells had been fired.

He sneered, thinking that the Japanese soldiers on the position outside the city had suffered heavy casualties.

But there were still five minutes left before the scheduled completion of the artillery preparation.

"Great news, Commander." Just then, Chief of Staff Zhang Dabiao personally delivered a telegram. "Our underground comrades in Heyuan County just sent a telegram. Thanks to the secret work of our underground comrades, every household in the county has dug tunnels and air-raid shelters inside their homes. The Japanese in the city are still unaware of this situation."

After reading the telegram, Li Yunlong's eyes suddenly lit up: "So, we don't have to fight street battles with the devils?"

"That's right." Zhang Dabiao's eyes were sharp as knives as he handed over another telegram. "The communications department just intercepted a telegram from the Japanese First Army to the 14th Division. Shinozuka Yoshio ordered the 14th Division to withdraw to Heyuan County and engage in street fighting with our New 28st Regiment to deplete our New st Regiment's manpower. He also ordered the th Brigade stationed in Anhua County to reinforce Heyuan County."

Because the Japanese First Army and the North China Front Army used different code books for communication, the communications department of the New First Regiment failed to intercept the relevant telegrams.

However, the telegrams between the 14th Division and the First Army Headquarters were under the surveillance of the New st Regiment's telecommunications department.

"Fighting street battles?" Li Yunlong laughed immediately: "That requires alleys."

"Haha..." Zhang Dabiao also laughed: "Who would engage in street fighting if they were serious?"

After laughing, Zhang Dabiao began to offer suggestions: "Captain, after the Japanese have fled back to the city, we will first use howitzers with a caliber of 105mm or above and use high-explosive grenades to cover the city in all directions. Then, we will use pepper bombs to disable the surviving Japanese. This battle will be much easier to win."

Li Yunlong said, "You're quite sinister, but I like it. Who came up with the idea of ​​having the city's residents dig tunnels?"

"I came up with it," Zhang Dabiao replied. "Then I asked the intelligence officer to contact the underground comrades in Ping'an County, and the underground comrades in the city contacted the county residents to dig it out. You were busy collecting the goods at the time, so I thought it was a trivial matter and didn't report it to you."

The New 1st Regiment attacked Heyuan County once. The Japanese traitors and pro-Japanese elements within were either executed or taken to Ping'an County to build roads and grow potatoes. Therefore, the civilians secretly dug tunnels without attracting the Japanese's attention. "Not bad," Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction. "There's a saying 'there's nothing to worry about,'"

Zhang Dabiao asked, "Captain, are you trying to say...prepare for a rainy day?"

"That's right, prepare for a rainy day." Li Yunlong nodded and said, "You already have strategic thinking."

Zhang Dabiao said, "If I am a swift horse, then you, the commander, are my horse breeder. If you hadn't saved my life, I might have become a pile of bones now."

At this moment, the sound of artillery gradually became sparse, and Li Yunlong estimated that the shelling was about to end.

Li Yunlong handed the telegram back to Zhang Dabiao: "Immediately forward the telegram about the 28th Brigade's reinforcements to Ding Wei and Kong Jie, and tell them to beat the 28th Brigade hard for me."

The total strength of the Japanese 28th Brigade was approximately troops.

The total strength of the Independent Regiment and the New Third Regiment is about 20,000.

The 28th Brigade was equipped with a field artillery battalion, and each infantry regiment was equipped with 4 mountain guns and 8 infantry guns, as well as some anti-tank guns and anti-tank guns.

Although the Independent Regiment and the New Third Regiment were not equipped with tanks, the two regiments together had four artillery battalions.

Whether it is infantry strength or artillery firepower, I have the advantage.

As for the 26th Division coming from Datong to reinforce Heyuan County?

Li Yunlong was a little scared, mainly because he was afraid that he would not come. If he dared to come, he would beat him together.

Li Yunlong continued, "After the two tank battalions and four infantry battalions begin their attack, take this opportunity to have the artillery battalions move forward immediately. Each artillery battalion will be deployed in the four directions of the county town, east, west, south, and north, and push the cannons to a position where they can aim directly at the city walls."

"After the troops have taken the outer positions, immediately launch a general attack on the city walls from the direction of the four walls. We must take all four walls before daybreak."

After daybreak, the Japanese planes would surely arrive, posing a huge threat to the tanks and artillery units of the New 1st Regiment.

This time, Li Yunlong prepared a large number of inflatable weapons and inflatable Eighth Route Army soldiers to feed to the Japanese air force.

After dawn, the real artillery and tank troops retreated, and inflatable artillery and inflatable tank troops came on the scene.

"Yes."

Zhang Dabiao turned around and quickly asked the Communications Department to send a telegram and adjust the deployment.

Then, Li Yunlong stood on the top of a hill, holding a telescope and secretly observing the battle situation.

At the same time, not far away, Chu Yunfei, Fang Ligong, Sun Ming, Qian Bojun, Liang Guoping and others all had shocked expressions on their faces.

"What a pot of steel broth!" Chu Yunfei sighed, his expression full of longing.

The Eighth Route Army bombarded for forty minutes.

At the rate of one thousand shells per minute, the Eighth Route Army fired about 4 shells during this bombardment!

In the past, Chu Yunfei was a little skeptical that Li Yunlong could really produce an American 105mm howitzer division.

But now he believed it. Perhaps what restricted the development of the Eighth Route Army's artillery units was not the lack of cannons and artillery shells, but the lack of artillery!
After figuring this out, Chu Yunfei's heart suddenly beat fast.

This is an American 105mm howitzer division...

But Chu Yunfei still had concerns. He was first a student of Chairman Chiang and then a disciple of Commander Yan.

If I really joined the Eighth Route Army, I wouldn't be called a traitor by others, right?

(End of this chapter)